I just recently discovered that last year they filmed a ten parts TV-series about Old Rome and its Gladiator games in Italy's famous Cinecittą film studios.
It is set in they year 79 AD and Emperor Vespasian is played by Anthony Hopkins. Iwan Rheon of GoT-fame will appear as a guy named Tenax.
Here are two links:
https://www.imdb.com/title/tt1056993...mg_unrel_3_act
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/tvshowbi...-revealed.html